Can any other roads in Leeds claim to have had quite such a rocky path as Old Oak Drive?

The re-surfacers are finally due to move in today after a long campaign by local residents paid off.

According to city councillor Bernard Atha, Old Oak Drive in West Park has been a "pothole-filled nightmare". And when I visited the area just last week to take some photographs, I counted more than 50 potholes or scars on the surface of the quarter-of-a-mile long street.

We've joined up with democracy website MySociety to offer Leeds residents the chance to report their problems with unrepaired potholes - so if there's another Old Oak Drive in the city, let us know.

And, if you let us know about your complaint, we'll be monitoring how/if the council deals with your query.

Coun Atha (Lab, Kirkstall) said: "I first looked into the problem (in Old Oak Drive) at the start of this year - there were potholes there nine inches deep, which could have been a real threat to motorbikers.

"The potholes were temporarily filled last month, which is fine, but the repairs are already starting to come apart."

Coun Atha added that minor repairs had been carried out for years without the issue ever being resolved, and he called on the council to monitor the roads and the repair work of contractors more closely.

A council spokesperson said: ""Work is due to start on Wednesday on a £60,000 road scheme on Old Oak Drive to resurface the entire road. This has been planned in our schedules for around a year and therefore in the meantime we focused on patching up potholes rather than permanent repairs.

"However, we understand residents' concerns and our officers will investigate whether there is anything further we can do to temporarily improve the potholes."

• This article was amended on 22 February 2010. A sub-heading on the original referred to Old Oak Road. This has been corrected.

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Is this Leeds' worst road?

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